Reference:2006-12-19 Marie Sutherland and Ikuro Kodama Town Hall

(12/19 12:22:57) Chat.log started...
(12/19 12:29:25) Gadren: Welcome everyone!
(12/19 12:29:43) Rex Havoc: lol don't move!
(12/19 12:30:08) GoldenWedge: Shorah all
(12/19 12:30:17) Kelm: Hello roland
(12/19 12:30:21) Rex Havoc: Shorah all
(12/19 12:30:28) Gadren: alright, everyone, we're going to start the meeting here... :)
(12/19 12:31:24) Gadren: Anyway, welcome to this DRC meeting, with Marie Sutherland and Dr. Kodama!
(12/19 12:31:37) Gadren: Please refrain from moving around during the meeting...
(12/19 12:31:44) Gadren: And PM me with the word "QUESTION"
(12/19 12:32:00) Gadren: I will put you on the queue, and then call on you...please have your question ready to ask.
(12/19 12:32:22) Gadren: Would either of the DRC members like to make an opening statement?
(12/19 12:32:36) Gadren: (Also, please activate /autoshout so we can all hear you)
(12/19 12:32:56) Rex Havoc: Good
(12/19 12:32:58) Nyrphame Danilaise: text only please -voice crashes me
(12/19 12:33:16) Ural: No sound for me in uu..
(12/19 12:33:16) Greypiffle Fogg: And please /autoshout so we can all here
(12/19 12:33:17) Dr. Kodama: Marie loves opening statements
(12/19 12:33:19) Greypiffle Fogg: Hear
(12/19 12:33:20) Marie Sutherland: Good morning! Sorry for the last minute change of venue
(12/19 12:33:38) Gadren: Oh, and if we could relegate chat to private messages, that would be great. :)
(12/19 12:34:01) Marie Sutherland: We are very excited in the progress that we have been able to make this past year...
(12/19 12:34:26) Marie Sutherland: even though much if it is hard to notice here in the cavern.
(12/19 12:34:40) Erik: Shorah
(12/19 12:35:23) Marie Sutherland: We are making the final preparations for opening the cavern once again
(12/19 12:35:38) Marie Sutherland: It is a very exciting time for all of us
(12/19 12:37:48) Marie Sutherland: Unfortunately, with the delay in getting started, our time is very short, so let's move right on to questions.
(12/19 12:38:12) Gadren: Alright, everyone, please PM me with "QUESTION" to get on the queue.
(12/19 12:38:17) Gadren: Arthur, you're up first
(12/19 12:38:35) Reverend Vader: Question
(12/19 12:38:57) Gadren: And please have your question ready to ask right as I call on you, thank you
(12/19 12:39:32) Gadren: OK...I'm not getting a response from Arthur, so I'll move on down...Nyrph?
(12/19 12:39:53) Nyrphame Danilaise: Can you give us some idea as to the specific dangers that we might be facing this time around -anything special we should be aware of?
(12/19 12:40:59) Marie Sutherland: Things have changed a bit, but we wouldn't open it if we didn't think it was relatively safe.
(12/19 12:41:12) Marie Sutherland: next
(12/19 12:41:25) Gadren: Rev Vader, you're up
(12/19 12:42:25) Dr. Kodama: Vader...
(12/19 12:42:28) From Reverend Vader: scrolling...
(12/19 12:42:44) Gadren: OK, rev vader is asking about the whereabouts of dr. watson and what his role will be in the restoration!
(12/19 12:42:56) Gadren: he PM'ed me by accident :)
(12/19 12:43:35) Marie Sutherland: Unfortunately, we still have not received any word from Dr. Watson.
(12/19 12:43:56) Marie Sutherland: We still hold out hope that he will return, but there are no guarantees.
(12/19 12:44:04) Dr. Kodama: He's probably in Maui.
(12/19 12:44:05) Marie Sutherland: next
(12/19 12:44:06) Gadren: L'lee, you're up next
(12/19 12:44:11) L'lee: Does the DRC have any ETA or timetable you can give us for the reopening of the cavern and other outlying ages?
(12/19 12:45:58) Marie Sutherland: We've continued to work behind the scenes, and the cavern will be reopened in the very near future.
(12/19 12:46:15) Marie Sutherland: next
(12/19 12:46:17) Gadren: Kelm asks what parts of the city you hope to focus on first
(12/19 12:46:45) Gadren: (Heh, they're all kind of the same question ;))
(12/19 12:48:31) Marie Sutherland: there are some interiors that are being worked on, but there is no timeframe that's set.
(12/19 12:48:34) From Reverend Vader: question again, if possible. :)
(12/19 12:49:01) Gadren: Kurtis, you're up!
(12/19 12:49:06) Kurtis: How much of a presence can we expect to see from the DRC in cavern this time around?
(12/19 12:49:07) Marie Sutherland: We are still working with a very limited staff, so things move slowly.
(12/19 12:49:55) Marie Sutherland: We've been working mostly behind the scenes since returning to the cavern about a year ago.
(12/19 12:50:15) Gadren: Oh, and for those who are asking multiple questions, I'm letting others have an oppurtunity to ask first ;)
(12/19 12:50:29) Marie Sutherland: That will be changing in the near future.
(12/19 12:50:43) Marie Sutherland: next
(12/19 12:50:49) Gadren: Ural?
(12/19 12:51:13) Ural: What ages/ areas are we going to see??
(12/19 12:52:13) Dr. Kodama: what the...
(12/19 12:52:14) Marie Sutherland: There won't be new Ages immediately...
(12/19 12:53:39) Gadren: !